comfort | (noun) the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction | Synonyms: consolation, solace |
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(noun) assistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal | - |
(noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comforter, puff, quilt |
(noun) a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment | - |
(noun) a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain | Synonyms: comfortableness |
(noun) a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state | Synonyms: ease |
(noun) satisfaction or physical well-being provided by a person or thing | - |
(verb) lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate | Synonyms: ease |
(verb) give moral or emotional strength to | Synonyms: console, solace, soothe |
comfortable | (adjective) providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal) | Synonyms: comfy |
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(adjective) free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind | - |
(adjective) in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich | Synonyms: easy, prosperous, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-situated, well-to-do |
(adjective) sufficient to provide comfort | - |
(adjective) having a wide margin | - |
comfortableness | (noun) a feeling of being at ease in a relationship | - |
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(noun) a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain | Synonyms: comfort |
comfortably | (adverb) in mental comfort; without stress | - |
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(adverb) in financial comfort | Synonyms: well |
(adverb) in physical comfort | - |
comforted | (adjective) made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress | - |
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comforter | (noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comfort, puff, quilt |
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(noun) device used for an infant to suck or bite on | Synonyms: baby's dummy, pacifier, teething ring |
(noun) a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune | Synonyms: sympathiser, sympathizer |
(noun) a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies | Synonyms: allayer, reliever |
comforting | (adjective) affording comfort or solace | Synonyms: consolatory, consoling |
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(adjective) providing freedom from worry | Synonyms: cheering, satisfying |
comfortingly | (adverb) in a comforting or consoling manner | Synonyms: consolingly |
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comfortless | (adjective) without comfort | - |
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comforts | (noun) things that make you comfortable and at ease | Synonyms: amenities, conveniences, creature comforts |
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discomfort | (noun) an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress | Synonyms: irritation, soreness |
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(noun) the state of being tense and feeling pain | Synonyms: uncomfortableness |
effort | (noun) earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something | Synonyms: attempt, endeavor, endeavour, try |
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(noun) use of physical or mental energy; hard work | Synonyms: elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travail |
(noun) a notable achievement | Synonyms: exploit, feat |
(noun) a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end | Synonyms: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement |
effortful | (adjective) requiring great physical effort | - |
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effortfulness | (noun) the quality of requiring deliberate effort | - |
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effortless | (adjective) requiring or apparently requiring no effort | - |
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(adjective) not showing effort or strain | Synonyms: casual |
effortlessly | (adverb) without effort or apparent effort | - |
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effortlessness | (noun) the quality of requiring little effort | - |
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fort | (noun) a fortified defensive structure | Synonyms: fortress |
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(noun) a fortified military post where troops are stationed | Synonyms: garrison |
(verb) station (troops) in a fort | - |
(verb) enclose by or as if by a fortification | Synonyms: fortify |
(verb) gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense | Synonyms: fort up |
forte | (adjective) (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) indicating that said piece or segment should be played loudly | Synonyms: loud |
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(noun) the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible | - |
(noun) an asset of special worth or utility | Synonyms: long suit, metier, speciality, specialty, strength, strong point, strong suit |
(noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed loudly | - |
(adverb) used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly | Synonyms: loudly |
fortemente | (adjective) (chiefly a direction or description in music) loud and strong | - |
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forth | (adverb) from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete) | Synonyms: away, off |
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(adverb) forward in time or order or degree | Synonyms: forward, onward |
(adverb) out into view | - |
forthcoming | (adjective) available when required or as promised | - |
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(adjective) of the relatively near future | Synonyms: approaching, coming, upcoming |
(adjective) at ease in talking to others | Synonyms: extroverted, outgoing |
forthcomingness | (noun) the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon | Synonyms: imminence, imminency, imminentness, impendence, impendency |
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forthright | (adjective) characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion | Synonyms: blunt, candid, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder |
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(adverb) directly and without evasion; not roundabout | Synonyms: forthrightly, squarely |
forthrightly | (adverb) directly and without evasion; not roundabout | Synonyms: forthright, squarely |
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forthrightness | (noun) the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech | Synonyms: candidness, candor, candour, directness, frankness |
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forthwith | (adverb) without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening | Synonyms: at once, directly, immediately, instantly, like a shot, now, right away, straight off, straightaway |
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forties | (noun) the time of life between 40 and 50 | Synonyms: mid-forties |
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(noun) the decade from 1940 to 1949 | Synonyms: 1940s |
fortieth | (adjective) the ordinal number of forty in counting order | Synonyms: 40th |
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(noun) position 40 in a countable series of things | - |
fortification | (noun) the addition of an ingredient for the purpose of enrichment (as the addition of alcohol to wine or the addition of vitamins to food) | - |
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(noun) defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it | Synonyms: munition |
(noun) the art or science of strengthening defenses | - |
fortified | (adjective) secured with bastions or fortifications | Synonyms: bastioned |
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(adjective) having something added to increase the strength | - |
fortify | (verb) add alcohol to (beverages) | Synonyms: lace, spike |
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(verb) make strong or stronger | Synonyms: beef up, strengthen |
(verb) add nutrients to | - |
(verb) prepare oneself for a military confrontation | Synonyms: arm, build up, gird |
(verb) enclose by or as if by a fortification | Synonyms: fort |
fortissimo | (adjective) (chiefly a direction or description in music) very loud and strong | - |
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(noun) a musical composition or musical passage to be performed very loudly | - |
(adverb) a direction in music; to be played very loudly | Synonyms: very loudly |
fortitude | (noun) strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage | - |
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fortnight | (noun) a period of fourteen consecutive days | Synonyms: two weeks |
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fortnightly | (adjective) occurring every two weeks | Synonyms: biweekly |
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(adverb) every two weeks | Synonyms: biweekly |
fortress | (noun) a fortified defensive structure | Synonyms: fort |
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fortuitous | (adjective) occurring by happy chance | - |
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(adjective) having no cause or apparent cause | Synonyms: causeless, uncaused |
fortuitously | (adverb) by good fortune | Synonyms: as luck would have it, fortunately, luckily |
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fortuitousness | (noun) the quality of happening accidentally and by lucky chance | - |
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fortuity | (noun) anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause | Synonyms: accident, chance event, stroke |
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fortunate | (adjective) having unexpected good fortune | - |
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(adjective) presaging good fortune | Synonyms: rosy |
(adjective) supremely favored | Synonyms: golden |
fortunately | (adverb) by good fortune | Synonyms: as luck would have it, fortuitously, luckily |
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fortune | (noun) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another | Synonyms: chance, hazard, luck |
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(noun) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome | Synonyms: luck |
(noun) a large amount of wealth or prosperity | - |
(noun) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) | Synonyms: circumstances, destiny, fate, lot, luck, portion |
fortuneteller | (noun) a person who foretells your personal future | Synonyms: fortune teller |
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fortunetelling | (noun) the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment) | - |
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forty | (adjective) being ten more than thirty | Synonyms: 40, twoscore, xl |
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(noun) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and four | Synonyms: 40, XL |
henceforth | (adverb) from this time forth; from now on | Synonyms: henceforward |
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misfortunate | (adjective) deserving or inciting pity | Synonyms: hapless, miserable, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched |
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misfortune | (noun) unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event | Synonyms: bad luck |
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(noun) an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes | Synonyms: bad luck, ill luck, tough luck |
pianoforte | (noun) a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds | Synonyms: forte-piano, piano |
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thenceforth | (adverb) from that time on | Synonyms: thereafter |
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uncomfortable | (adjective) providing or experiencing physical discomfort | - |
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(adjective) conducive to or feeling mental discomfort | - |
uncomfortableness | (noun) embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you | Synonyms: self-consciousness, uneasiness |
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(noun) the state of being tense and feeling pain | Synonyms: discomfort |
uncomfortably | (adverb) in physical discomfort | - |
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unfortunate | (adjective) not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune | - |
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(adjective) not auspicious; boding ill | Synonyms: inauspicious |
(adjective) unsuitable or regrettable | - |
(noun) a person who suffers misfortune | Synonyms: unfortunate person |
unfortunately | (adverb) by bad luck | Synonyms: alas, regrettably, unluckily |
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